scutibranchiate

English

Etymology

scute +‎ -i- +‎ branchiate

Adjective

scutibranchiate (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Having the gills protected by a shield-like shell.
2. (zoology) Of or relating to the Scutibranchiata.

Noun

scutibranchiate (plural scutibranchiates)

1. (zoology) One of the Scutibranchiata.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “scutibranchiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)